JRL NEWSWATCH: “Russian Military Seeks to Outmuscle U.S. in Arctic” – Wall Street Journal

File Photo of Polar Bear on Snow with Bare Ground in the Background, adapted from image at nasa.gov with photo credit to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Eric Regehr

“For Moscow it is the last geopolitical battleground where it holds the advantage over Washington and Beijing”

“… [N]ew and refurbished bases [are] meant to service the Kremlin’s ambitions in the resource-rich Arctic. … combined to form a new military district … under … the Northern Fleet, Russia’s foremost Arctic naval force[] … [with fleet] headquarters … on the Kola Bay, near … Arctic city … Murmansk …. The goal is to project Russian power in a region where Washington is lagging. … Arctic MapAs polar ice recedes, oil and gas reserves … [and] new sea routes [] have become more accessible … Moscow has moved to consolidate control over a region it sees as vital to Russia’s economic future. … [f]or Moscow, … the last geopolitical battleground where it holds the advantage against Washington and Beijing, … [who] are trying to expand there. …”

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